Deep Dive: National Title Game, Michigan-Washington, January 8, 2024
Saturday May 27
Eastern Conference Finals
Boston Celtics (57-25) 2nd in the East versus Miami Heat (44-38)8th in the East
Boston is a 3 point favorite and Vegas has the total at 210
Injuries: Celtics’ Brogdon, forearm, is a game time decision; Gallinari,knee, is out. The Heat’s Vincent,ankle, is a game time decision; Herro,hand, is out.
Key Players: Jason Tatum 27.7pts 10.4 reb 5.3 ast
Jimmy Butler 28.8 pts 6.7 reb 5.5 ast
Heat leads the series 3-2
Vegas early action shows 61% lean toward Celtics and 60% favor the over
SmokeHouse Mike’s Pick of the day.
MLB: Braves $line
Pirates and Mariners over 7.5
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FUN SIDE BETS
Game, Odds, My Speculation
Atlético Mineiro wins over Corinthians, -145, 64.2%
Flamengo wins over Atl Goianiense, -275, 94.1%
Estudiante vs Gimnasia–LP Draw, +240, 48.3%
Result posted in comments when ready
The Canadian women's soccer team won gold in 2020. The team's salaries went from 3M$ to 12.6M$ in 4 years (2019-2023).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/joseph-lombardi-canada-soccer-drone-1.7275499
Deep Dive: Alabama-Michigan Playoff, Rose Bowl, January 1, 2024
Season Comparisons
Yard Per Play
Michigan Offense: 6.1, 43rd
Michigan Defense: 4.3, 4th
Alabama Offense: 6.4, 30th
Alabama Defense: 4.9, 18th
A deep dive, with talent-based power ratings, yard-per-play performance based power ratings, and third party independent database game simulation power ratings, and inidivudal game write-up of each title game. A few sites I utilize often:
https://collegefootballdata.com/teams
https://www.pff.com/greenline/ncaa
https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/
https://collegefootballnerds.com